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5 Dollars Steam Locomotive - Pennsylvania K4
| Issuer | Republic of the Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars (5 USD) |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed left-facing profile view of the Pennsylvania Railroad K4s Pacific-type steam locomotive in full motion, rendered in high relief against a lightly smoked field suggesting steam and motion. The legend FIVE DOLLARS arcs along the upper border, the inscription PENNSYLVANIA K4 appears in the lower field beneath the locomotive, and the date 1996 is positioned along the bottom of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1996 |
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The Pennsylvania Railroad's K4 Pacific-type locomotive, introduced in 1914, became the backbone of PRR passenger service for over three decades — the railroad operated more than 400 of them at peak. The Marshall Islands issued a long series of commemorative copper-nickel five-dollar pieces throughout the 1990s targeting collector markets, with no genuine circulation intended or achieved. Only two K4s survive today: one at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, the other at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton.